C.F.A. VOYSEY (1857-1941) FOR GEORGE WRIGHT & CO, ROTHERHAM, SHEFFIELD
FIREPLACE, CIRCA 1900
£6,048
Auction: Day One | Lots 1 to 252 | Wednesday 16th April from 10am
Description
cast iron and painted wood, complete with rare shaped upstand
Dimensions
99.2cm wide, 150cm high, 12.6cm deep
Footnote
Literature: The Studio Yearbook, 1908, p.156, B 132, where this model is illustrated
Livingston K., et al C.F.A. Voysey: Arts & Crafts Designer, V&A Publishing, 2016, pp.255-6, pl.327
Voysey's fireplaces were starkly plain compared to the more standard productions of the period of which he generally took a dim view. He thought that fireplaces should offer restfulness through quiet design and railed against the “multitudinous mixture of materials, colours and textures…attracting the most attention, and disturbing the peaceful reflections of the house-holder”.